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MorpethNewsTV interview with Dr Karen Lowing: Time Schools Spoke up for Northumbrian (2019)
Digital Artefact
(2019). MorpethNewsTV interview with Dr Karen Lowing: Time Schools Spoke up for Northumbrian. [YouTube]

Language enthusiasts striving to preserve and promote Northumbrian face an uphill struggle in schools.

That was one of the messages spelled out at Morpeth today at an event which bangs the drum for the County’s native tongue.

The Roland Bibby M... Read More about MorpethNewsTV interview with Dr Karen Lowing: Time Schools Spoke up for Northumbrian.

The Education Researcher is Dead; Long Live the Education Researcher! Closure from Crisis in Education Research (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lowing, K., & Govender, N. (2019, September). The Education Researcher is Dead; Long Live the Education Researcher! Closure from Crisis in Education Research. Paper presented at ECER 2019, Hamburg

This paper reconsiders seemingly obsolete paradigm wars in education research, as a means to explain the continuing peripheralization of ‘context’ driven (Koutsouris and Norwich, 2018) qualitative and teacher-centred models of enquiry. Quietly enduri... Read More about The Education Researcher is Dead; Long Live the Education Researcher! Closure from Crisis in Education Research.

Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English (2018)
Journal Article
Stevens, D., & Lowing, K. (2018). Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English. English in Education, 42(2), 182-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2008.00015.x

We reflect here on research into the process of giving and receiving lesson-observational feedback for student teachers. Key questions and areas are: How effective is post-lesson observation feedback in developing student teachers’ understanding of t... Read More about Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English.

News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid) (2015)
Digital Artefact
(2015). News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid). [Web]

Karen Lowing began her research in 2010 in a study called ‘Ane Instruction for Bairnis to be Learnit in Scottis: A Study of Scots Language in the Scottish Secondary Classroom’. Lowing took as her subjects staff and pupils at two south western seconda... Read More about News: The Lowing School Report. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid).

'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom (2014)
Thesis
Lowing, K. 'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom. (Thesis). https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4174480

The Scots language has been historically marginalised in Scotland, arguably due to its lack of ‘capital’ (see Bailey, 1987 and Bourdieu, 1986). The European Union, under the Charter for Minority Languages, recognised Scots as a minority language in 2... Read More about 'Ane instructioun for bairnis to be learnit in Scottis' :a study of Scots language in the Scottish secondary classroom.

Educational Research and Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Edited by D. Hartas (2011)
Journal Article
Lowing, K. (2011). Educational Research and Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Edited by D. Hartas. British journal of educational studies, 59(3), 350-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2011.611285

First paragraph:
The main target audience of this text is that of students who are researching within the field of education at British universities. One of the main concerns of the text is to find an appropriate equilibrium between conveying to its... Read More about Educational Research and Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Edited by D. Hartas.

A Language on the Precipice. TES Magazine, 29 Jul 2011 (2011)
Newspaper / Magazine
Hepburn, H. (2011). A Language on the Precipice. TES Magazine, 29 Jul 2011

The elevation to Government of one of the most vocal defenders of Scots was a boost to the Mither Tongue’s recent renaissance – but experts warn that only radical action can save it from oblivion.

Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training? (2010)
Journal Article
Cotterill, S., Lowing, K., Cain, K., Lofthouse, R., Mackay, C., McShane, J., Stancliffe, D., & Wright, D. (2010). Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training?. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Special Edition: Researching and Evaluating Personal Development Planning and e-Portfolio Practice, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.v0i0.97

A blog with explicit support for structured skills/competencies and community publishing was integrated within an e-Portfolio and evaluated with three successive cohorts of PGCE secondary students at Newcastle University in order to support reflectio... Read More about Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training?.

News: The Lowing Study. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid) (2010)
Digital Artefact
(2010). News: The Lowing Study. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid). [Web]

First paragraph: 'Ane Instructioun for Bairnis to be Learnit in Scottis' is a co-constructive participatory study of Scots language and literature use for social inclusion in the Scottish secondary classroom. The research is largely concerned with de... Read More about News: The Lowing Study. (Scots Language Centre. Centre for the Scots Leid).